foot·loose (fo?ot?lo?os?)adj. Having no attachments or ties; free to do as one pleases.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.footloose (?f?t?lu?s) adj1. free to go or do as one wishes2. eager to travel; restless: to feel footloose. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014foot?loose (?f?t?lus) adj. free to go or travel about. [1690?1700] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.